Phil Ragan Bohay, Jr. was born November 11, 1954 in Inglewood, CA to Phil Ragan and Mamie Daugomah Bohay and entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 5, 2013 in Fresno, California, at the age of 58, with his family by his side. He was a Full Blood member of the Kiowa Tribe. He was Baptized at Cedar Creek United Methodist Church. He attended schools in Carnegie, OK, Hawthorne, Inglewood, and South Gate, CA and graduated from South Gate High School in 1972 and attended Cal State University Long Beach. He was a Vietnam Veteran having enlisted in the United States Navy and graduated from the San Diego Naval Station in 1973. He was stationed at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard before being deployed to Japan aboard the Seventh Fleet Flagship The USS Oklahoma City, guided missile cruiser. In April 1975, The USS Oklahoma City participated in the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam. He was Honorably Discharged on July 19, 1976 as a Machinist’s Mate Fireman Apprentice. He was a certified Steam Engineer for boilers and engines and worked for White Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles, The City of Los Angeles, and Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, CA, until his retirement.